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U TE STATES Patented February 23, 1904;

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,841, dated February 23, 19434.: y

Application filed OctoberG 1902.:

Be it known that I, JAMES ALEXANDER 'JAMIESON, of the city of Montreal, district of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canadahave.

invented certain new and usefullmprovements i in Storage-Bins; and I do hereby declare that= the following is a full, blear,

g and exact de-l scription of the same. I

My invention has reference to grouped bins 1 for use in the storage of granular substance} The feature of thegrouped bins to which my invention has particular reference are the means for bracing the bins and securing them. 1 together and the specific construction of the i to facilitate their connection to said standards plates constitutingthe bin-walls. I p The invention has for its' object to strengthen the structure and increase the storage-space in the group;and to this end I furnish each. bin with a series of abutments, to which the bin-wall members are secured, said abutments being adapted to withstand the thrust of said wall members. These abutments each preferably consists of a pair of vertical tie-plates located a short distance apart and connected at their vertical edges to each adjacent pair of bins, the space thus inclosed by each of said pairs of tie-plates and the portions between them of the adjacent pair of bins be ing filled with concrete or other filling, thus 'forming abutment-columns for rigidifying the bins, while the portions of the bin-walls between these columns are horizontally corrugated.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like reference characters indlcate the same part, and where1n Figure .lis a side elevation of two contigtrating a method of connecting the tie-plates Serial No. 126,257. (No model.) i

of myimproved abutment-columns to the bins braced thereby. My; improved 'abutment column consists, preferably, of a pairof tie-plates Z) of trough or channel cross-section, the flanges c whereof are'rigidly connected, preferably by bolts d, to two of the standards 6 of each of thecoxitiguous bins, the space inclosed by these tieplates'andthe members or plates f ofthe'binwalls between them being filled with concrete, cement, or otherfilling g. The members or plates it other than those between these'tieplates are formed with horizontal corrugations 1 extending across the middle of each andto within ashort distance of each side edge, while said side edge'portions j are plane of the bin. This constructionobviates the necessity of tie-rods across the interspaces 74 or 'subbins, While the corrugationof the middle portions of the members or plates it between theabutments allows of their being made of lighter material,- and the same is thecase with the. plates f','which are braced by' the concrete. '7'

Myimproved abutment-columns, as above pointed out, comprise'me'taland concrete members and'assist in-carrying the vertical load and at the same time'form rigid abutments to take the thrust of the arched plates 71, between themwhen the interspace bins are filled,=and' the corrugation of these plates stiffens them and maintains their radius.

What'I claim is as follows:

1. In a bin structure, the combination with a series of abutment members, and a series of arched bin-wall members abutting at their ends upon said abutment members and arranged verticallywith their convex sides facing inwardly. i

2. 'In a bin structure, the combination'with a series of abutment members grouped radially of a common point, and a series of arched bin-wall members abutting at their ends upon said abutment members and arranged vertiof said main cylindrical bins, and a concrete 4. In a group of sheet-metal bins comprising I main cylindrical bins and interspace bins the combination with the metal walls of the main cylindrical bins, of a combined metal and concrete column betweeneach contiguous pair of said main cylindrical bins in a vertical plane extending through the centers of said main cylindrical bins, and means binding'said metal walls and said concretecolumn together.

5. In a group of sheet-metal bins comprising main cylindrical bins arranged ashort distance apart and interspace bins the combinationwith the metal walls of the main cylindricalbins, of a pair of vertically-arranged tie-plates disposed adjacent to one another between said main cylindrical bins and extending across the spaces therebetween. means connecting the vertical edges of said tie-plates to the wallsof said main cylindrical bins, substantially as described and for. the purpose set forth.

6. In a group of sheet-metal binscomprising main cylindrical bins arranged a short distance apart and interspace bins the combination with the metal walls of the main cylindrical bins, of a pair of vertically-arranged metallic members disposed adjacent to one another between said main cylindrical bins and extending across the spaces therebetween, means for connect ing said vertical metallic members to the walls filling between said vertical members.

7. The combination with a pair of contiguous bins, of a pair of vertically-arranged tieplates of trough or channel. cross-section and disposed adjacent to one another between said bins, meansfor connecting the flanges of said tie-plate to the walls of said bins, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination with a pair of contiguous bins having vertical bracing-standards, of

a pair of vertically-arranged tie-plates dis' posed adjacent'to one another between said bins, means for connecting the vertical edges of said tie-plates to the Vertical standards of said bins, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

9. The combination with a pair of contiguous bins, of-a pair of vertically-arranged tieplates disposed adjacent to one another between said bins, means for connecting the vertical edges of said tie-plates to the walls of said bins, and a filling for the space between said tie-plates, substantially as described and for the purposeset forth..

10. The combination with a pair of contiguous bins having vertical bearing-standards, of a pair of vertically-arranged tie-plates of trough or channel cross-section and disposed adjacent to one another between said bins, means for connecting the flanges of said tieplates to the vertical standards of said bins, and a filling for the space between said tieplates, substantially as described and for th purpose set forth.

11. In a storage-bin the combination with a series of vertical bin-bracing standards, of a. series of horizontally-corrugated arciform plate-sections secured between said vertical standards, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

12. A pair of vertical cylindrical bins having .a series of vertical bin-bracing standards, a vertical series of horizontally-corrugated arciform plate-sections in each alternate space between said vertical standards, and a vertical.

series of plane arciform plate-sections in the intervening spaces between said standards, means for securing said plate-sections to said standards, and a concrete column between said bins and in contact with the plane plates of each bin and means for securing said bins to said columns, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

.13. A pair of vertical cylindrical bins having a series of vertical bin-bracing standards, a vertical series of horizontally-corrugated arciform plate-sections in each alternate space between said vertical standards and a vertical series of plane arciform plate-sections in the V intervening spaces between said standards, means for securing said plate-sections to said standards, a pair of tie-plates extending between said bins and secured at one side edge of each to the side edges of the plane plates of one of said bins and at their other side edges to the side edges of the plane plates of the other bin, and a filling between said tie-plates, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

14. A pair of vertical cylindrical bins having a series of vertical bin-bracing standards, a vertical series of horizontally-corrugated arciform plate-sections in each alternate space between said vertical standards, a vertical series of plane arciform plate-sections in the intervening spaces between said standards, means for securing said plate-sections to said standards, a pair of tie-plates of trough or channel cross-section extending between said bins and secured at one side edge of each to the side edges of the plane plates of one of said bins and at their other side edges to the side edges of the plane plates of the other bin, and

. a filling between said tie-plates, substantially asdescribed and for the purpose set forth. 15. A pair of vertical vcylindrical bins having a series of vertical bin-bracing stardards, a vertical serles of horizontal corrugated arclform plate-sections in each alternate space between said vertical standards, and a vertical series of plane arciform plate-sections in the intervening spaces between said standards, means for securing said plate-sections to said standards and means for securing said bins to 

